Metric - Anticipate: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Anticipate" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

                  D#
What did you plan?
D#           Gm     F
What did you anticipate?
          D#
All you demand to find
           Gm              F
Spiraling down, falling behind
         D#
No tomorrow
D#            Gm           F
When you're ahead of your time
              D#
What did you want to know?
            Gm                F
How does it end? How does it go?

Chorus:
          Gm        F
From the bottom I fled
          A#       D#
But the stars overhead
        Gm            F
Led me away from the ruin
        A#                D#
I must say that I was a wreck
         Gm        F
Hit the bottom I guess
         A#             D#
But the words you once said
        Gm            F
Led me away from the ruin
        D#        A#
Second sight up ahead

I couldn't withstand
I couldn't anticipate
How low I would go
What did I miss? I didn't know
I didn't know
Now what do you anticipate?
Another catastrophe
Coming around, following me

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Anticipate" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Anticipate" by Metric.